After taking shareholders on something of a roller coaster ride last year, Seattle Genetics CEO Clay Siegall rewarded himself with a compensation package that swelled to more than twice the size of his financial reward for 2017.

Clay Siegall

Adding significantly to his columns on stock awards and options, Siegall’s compensation soared to $18.1 million last year, up from $8.6 million in 2017 and the $9.5 million package he garnered the year before that. That put his compensation at a multiple of 91 over the average salary at Seattle Genetics.

Merck vet Roger Dansey, the CMO who joined the company in May, rang up close to $10 million in compensation. CFO Todd Simpson, meanwhile, bagged $4.4 million in compensation, up from $3 million.

Seattle Genetics’ stock gained overall over the course of the year as the company captured its 5th OK for Adcetris, beefed up the pipeline and pushed its second armed antibody — enfortumab vedotin — to the FDA finish line.

Those income numbers put Siegall in the middle of the pack of compensation totals we’ve been tracking, with his packet adding up to a bigger figure than Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks ($17.2 million), or AstraZeneca chief Pascal Soriot ($14.8 million) — two companies which have a market cap way ahead of $SGEN. It’s also way above what Emma Walmsley garnered, still at the bottom of the chart with $7.7 million in compensation.

Sign in to Endpoints News

Request a magic link

Enter your email below to get a Magic link which lets you sign in quickly without using a password.Please note the Magic link is one-time use only and valid for only 24 hours.
Email:

← Go back

Set a new password

We will send you a link, with which you will be able to set a new password.Please note this link is for one-time use only and valid for only 24 hours.
Email:

← Go back

We produce two daily email newsletters designed to give you a complete picture of what's important in biopharma. It's free to subscribe and never any spam. Join 51,200+ biopharma executives who read Endpoints News every day.